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Hi folks,

just a quick note to let you all know that I will be travelling for the next two weeks in Australia. Normally, I am based in Hanoi, but the oportunity to visit my parents came up and I'm taking it.

What this means is that for the next couple of weeks there will be a little silence from me. When I get back, I promise to tidy up the loose ends and continue with some new information. Til then, enjoy, review the previous info I've posted, there's quite a lot to digets and cya when I get… Continue

Hi folks, this just popped into my inbox and I thought I'd share it with you.

Pinhole photography is great fun and an interesting sideline activity. Here's an announcement from the organisers.
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Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day will be celebrated on Sunday, April 26, 2009. Please join the celebration! www.pinholeday.org.

THE DETAILS:
The coordinators of the eigth Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day are busy preparing for this upcoming ma… Continue

Hello folks,

Well, seems like the wheels have fallen of this cart and we've derailed - no longer on track. My apologies, something came up.

This Week in Photography
The aim this week was to look at making better use of you Camera's built in flash. Now there are a number of tutorials around on this but, I don't really like them. Part of the problem is, is that most people are approaching this from the perspective that built in flash is bad.

It's Not!

But, it's not that good either. The… Continue

In a bit of a departure from previous weeks, this week I'm going to add additional thoughts and considerations as we go along. As previously mentioned, Andrea and I went out last Friday to play with an umbrella and to explore exposure issues under some pretty typical shooting conditions, here in Hanoi. At this time of year, it's pretty overcast and the light is fairly flat. We were out by West Lake shooting at the top of some stairs which go down into the water.

Here a shot based on my (Canon 5… Continue

Ok, over the last couple of weeks we’ve been spending a bit of time thinking about how to use our camera, managing the process of transferring images from the camera to the computer, exploring aspects of composition and taking a few photos. This week we’re going to concentrate more on what to do with the images once we’ve got them, that is, post-processing.

This Week in Photography
Allow me a moment to outline a typical workflow, from when I used to play with black and white film photogr… Continue